Impress Template: Xuhai 2
Media History
3rd session: Film, Hollywood and History
Steen [email protected]
Early cinema history
Kinetoscope, peepshow
Lack of direction
Urban phenomenon
Language not a barrier
Cultural integration
Imagined community
Fixed-camera
Movie Theaters
Industry
Nickelodeon
Movie Industry
Production
Distribution
Exhibition
Vertical integration
Genres
Star system
The Rise of Hollywoods Studio System
LA, California and Hollywood
Double-billing
Popcorn
1948 Supreme Court ended the studio system by ruling vertical integration illegal
Peter Pan effect
Film Industry and Technology
Sound
A challenge to Hollywood
Destroyed Danish cinemas international appeal
Color
Cinemascope
The challenge of TV
SFX and CGI
3D
Controlling the Film Industry
Film is particularly persuasive?
MPPDA
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
MPPA
Motion Picture Association of America
Voluntary scrutiny
Production Code
Exploitation movies
Film Production
Risky business
Theaters, DVD, TV, Planes, Hotels, etc
90% of the revenue goes to the distribution company/production company
The Film Form of Hollywood
180 degree rules
Coherent narrative
Specific narrative development
The Hollywood style determines general expectations of films
Hollywood Canonic Narration
Normalized options (Bordwell 1985, 156)
Psychologically defined characters
Conflict
Clear goals or problems
Decisive resolution
Basic plot
Initial stage gets violated and must be set right
Undisturbed
Disturbance introduced
Struggle
Disturbance eliminated
Double causal structure
Romantic relationship
Other sphere: work, war,quest, mission, etc
Distinct but interdependent
Movies and Culture
What is films connection to culture?
How have different styles, narratives, genres, etc been used at different times in history?
The Dominance of Hollywood Films Today
WWI
American companies untouched by war could keep producing movies
WWII
Targeting own national audience, international audiences only add extra money
80% of movies in Denmark are American/Hollywood
Independent movies
Sundance
Film festivals in general
Distribution changes
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